Fifty Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson has signed on to the lead in the fact-based courtroom drama Unfit, Deadline is reporting. The film is based upon Melissa London Hilfers spec script, adapted from Adam Cohen’s book Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck. The official logline for Unfit reads: “In the […]
Logan pushes the Wolverine solo movies beyond $1 billion worldwide
Having debuted this past weekend with an impressive $237.8 million worldwide, 20th Century Fox’s X-Men solo spinoff Logan has now helped to propel the Wolverine trilogy beyond the $1 billion mark at the global box office. By close of play yesterday, Logan has grossed $263.2 million, of which $104.2 million comes from North America, and […]
Jim Broadbent reveals his Game of Thrones role
Back in August of last year it was revealed that Jim Broadbent will be appearing in a “significant role” in the upcoming seventh season of Game of Thrones, although his role was being kept tightly under wraps. Despite all of the secrecy surrounding the show, Broadbent has been taking a leaf out of Ian McShane’s […]
Kong: Skull Island tracking $135 million global opening
Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures unleashes the Eighth Wonder of the World this week as Kong: Skull Island rolls out in 65 markets, and Deadline is reporting that the second instalment of the MonsterVerse shared universe is tracking a global opening of between $110 and $135 million. Domestically, projections for Skull Island place in the the […]
First look at Hela and Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok, director Taika Waititi talks tonal shift
Thanks to the cover of the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, we’ve got our first look at Cate Blanchett’s Hela and Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie from Marvel’s Phase Three blockbuster Thor: Ragnarok, with the duo pictured alongside Chris Hemsworth’s now short-haired God of Thunder… Much has been said about Thor: Ragnarok adopting a more comical tone […]
Coby Bell joins Marvel and Fox’s X-Men pilot
Deadline has revealed that Coby Bell (Burn Notice) has signed on to appear in Marvel and Fox’s as-yet-untitled X-Men TV pilot, where he will play the character of Jace Turner, “a weathered man who quietly wrestles with the moral ambiguities of a job that regularly requires cold-blooded, calculating efficiency on a day-to-day basis.” The pilot […]
Eva Green in talks to reunite with Tim Burton on Disney’s Dumbo
Deadline is reporting that Eva Green is in talks to join the cast of Disney’s live-action Dumbo movie, which would reunite her with Dark Shadows and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children director Tim Burton. According to the site, Green is being eyed for one of the three main adult roles in the film. As […]
Adam West to guest star in DC sitcom Powerless
Adam West is returning to the DC universe, with Warner Bros. announcing that the Batman star is set for a guest appearance in the NBC workplace comedy Powerless, where he’ll play Wayne Industries chairman Dean West. The synopsis for the episode reads: Gotham comes to Charm City when the iconic Adam West, who played the […]
Dolph Lundgren confirms Arrow and The Expendables 4 return
During an interview with Entertainment Weekly to promote his new film Don’t Kill It [read our review here], action star Dolph Lundgren has revealed that he’ll be reprising the role of the villain Konstantin Kovar in The CW’s DC superhero show Arrow, as well as reuniting with Sylvester Stallone for the fourth and final outing […]
Miranda Cosgrove joins NBC’s comedy pilot Spaced Out
According to Deadline, former iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove has signed on as a series regular in Spaced Out, a space-travel comedy pilot from executive producers Adam Sztykiel and Bill Lawrence (Undateable). Spaced Out is a workplace comedy which follows a working-class genius and his struggles to fit in with an established team of engineers building […]
